AP: Pentagon takes rare step of putting military police on alert to go to embattled Minneapolis

[RandySF]

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Pentagon takes rare step of putting military police on alert to go to embattled Minneapolis.


https://apnews.com/df97ec1727978cb1e530febc0d81d755

[msongs]

1. torching post offices is likely a federal offense nt

[sarisataka]

4. That was about the worst thing that could have happened

burning a Post Office could give him cause to declare an insurrection in the city.

Invoking the Insurrection Act to use troops for policing is an exception to posse comitatus.

[roamer65]

2. Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act.

[crickets]

5. Yes it is. nt

[sarisataka]

6. Not if he invokes the Insurrection Act

and the burning of the Post Office could be enough justification

[roamer65]

8. Secession is sounding better every day.

Michigan would be better off as a Canadian province.

[onecaliberal]

3. That cannot be allowed to take place. The fact that its illegal isn't a deterrent for dump.

[dware]

7. See post #4

There is an exception to the Posse Comitatus Act.

[0rganism]

9. could be Trump's best shot at "re-election"

burn down some post offices in urban areas so mail-in voting becomes next-to-impossible
deploy the military police to further depress turn-out for in-person voting, beyond what coronavirus has already done
legions of DOJ-appointed narcs patrolling social media to disrupt civilian organizing
this is it, i think we're finally making contact with the bottom of the abyss. midnight from here on out.